I love this yarn for a lot of reasons. First,
it reminds me another one I love, Butterfly by Rosarios 4. Although
in Silky Wool the percentage of silk is much lower, to the touch and the eyesight
these two yarns are very similar, soft but not exactly "silky" and
shiny, maybe more rustic and not exactly brilliant. Second,
it was a bit that I did not use a fingering yarn and I loved having in my hands
a large number of stitches, all perfectly aligned. In
fact, I have to say that Silky Wool is quite rigid and inelastic and stitches
remain in place without yielding or deformation, I love this its characteristic.
Third:
the color I chose drives me crazy (even though the others are no less lovely):
I bought a wonderful eggplant purple and I already see him with reds or blues. I
conclude that purple is now one of my favorite colors!

But let's be a little more technical and less passionate.

A little note about the "instructions" given on the band: it is
recommended to use 4 mm needles to obtain 22 stitches in 10 cm. I had to use 3 mm ones. Of
course each person has its own gauge and tension, mine is found to be obviously
a little slower, but stitches were coming out far too wide and baggy with larger
needles, such as 3,5 or 4 mm ones.

The yarn is, as I said, quite rustic and not very elastic, allowing an
excellent stitches definition and perfect for cables and lace patterns, but
I've used it for a simple pattern, with no frills (but I’m not going to tell
you which one!).

The yarn runs well on the needles and I think is one of the yarns that
gives me more satisfaction while I knit with it, a pleasure to feel it slipping
through my fingers. Seeing is
believing.

I've already convinced my sister to buy it to make the Dahlia Cardigan by
Heather Zoppetti, and you will buy it too? You can find it at Unfilodi.